Wanted Posse

DANCE N’ SPEAK EASY

On tour · Duration 1H

Genre
Dance

Age
All ages (from 5 upwards)

An unexpected cocktail of hip hop dance, song and burlesque, with a funny, aesthetic set design.

In a sweaty, electric New York speakeasy for regulars, five drunken mobsters tear into a voluptuous pin-up girl to Miles Davis, James Brown and Betty Boop… Several styles rub shoulders, and break down to the swing of the 20s and 30s. House dance, light and airy, flirts with the frenzied steps of the Charleston. Breakdance swirls with lindy hop, and hip hop freestyles with explosive jitterbug.

Dance N’ Speak Easy revisits the troubled years of Prohibition in the United States, playing on Afro-American musical references from the 20s to the present day, including 70s blaxploitation and 90s gangsta rap.

Director
Philippe Lafeuille

Choregraphy
Njagui Hagbé

Stage manager
Antonin Isambert

Light Creation
Dominique Mabileau

Costumes
Noémie Naftaway

Cast
Jessie Perot, Victor Balatier, Martin Thai, Claude Messi-Fouda, Arthur Grandjean, Marcel Ndjeng

Production
Compagnie Wanted Posse

Partners
Département de la Seine-Saint-Denis, Mairie de Paris, Conseil Régional d’Ile De France, Spedidam

Co-production
Châteauvallon – Scène Nationale, Centre Chorégraphique National de La Rochelle, Cie Accrorap/ Direction : Kader Attou, La Place – Centre culturel Hip Hop, Espace Michel Simon – Noisy Le Grand

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Press

LA FILATURE
“A breathtaking dance number — ultra-contemporary hip-hop reimagined with a swing or lindy hop twist, spiced up with delightfully entertaining burlesque.”

LE MONDE
“They shatter the linear path of hip-hop classification."

LIBERATION
“Over the years, Wanted Posse has lost none of its edge — in technical mastery or in creative staging."

TELERAMA
“Wanted Posse: A Hip-Hop Dance Legend That Never Stops"